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Yeah, that was a lot to pay for one. It's hard to say what they are "worth". I think the only commercial use left for them is for video-arcade-game repairmen to rejuve CRTs on older games. In a business environment like that, $288 woud be a reasonable expense, as it would pay itself back pretty quickly. For hobbyists like us, maybe, maybe not. I imagine you just wanted one "now". Fair enough. With some patience, I think in the next 6 months probably 4 or 5 Beltrons might have shown up on ePay and sold for $25-$50. Or might not have. They're very hit-and-miss. For the convenience of "now" I guess you did ok. For what it's worth, the one you bought started out at $700 and has been for sale for a couple of years. I always wondered if it would ever sell. On the good side, it looks completely complete and is tested working. You'll want to pull all the light bulbs and check them with an ohmmeter just to be sure. I don't know how many old CRTs you have, but you may want to practice on a CRT that's not important to you first, just to get a "Feel" for using it.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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